smarsh97

I just wondered if you would clarify this statement. When I read this, it sounds to me like you are specifically pointing out Sean and Aquaco of not quarentining their fish. He does quarentine. It would sound better if you changed it to specify all retailers. Sandy

I have the same fixture as you. I run 14k Phoenix bulbs along with the T5's and I don't think it's too blue. It puts out a nice color and my corals seem to like it as well. Sandy

By ORA standards (the way that I understand them) the one clown is a Grade A, if you notice the middle bar and front bar connect. The standard is that they only have to connect on one side and from what I understand on one bar has to connect (going to research this right now). I have a pair of Grade A's. I paid 100 each for them from a breeder in NC. Those are very nice fish you got. I love their markings. If I could ever get a picture of them (I stink at taking pictures) I would post them. Sandy P.S. I just called ORA because I couldn't find the information on the internet. According to their sales department it doesn't have anything to do with how many bars connect but with how much actual white is on the body. So the fish with the most white on their bodies become the A's and so forth.

that is really a pretty mantis. I love the peacocks! I wish I had a place to set up another tank, alas there is no where to put another one, lol. Sandy

I upgraded to a MJ900. I had to use a piece of tubing small enough to fit on the Maxi jet and then slipped that into the tubing that came with the tank. I wish I could tell you what size but it's been so long I can't remember. Sandy

okay, I'm going to be the bah humbug, it would have been much better if the crab wasn't tied to a string defenseless. Much more normal shall we say. But that is a beautiful mantis. Sandy

I had a tiger tail that took the ride to the sump. He then got sucked into the return pump and shot all over the tank. I picked out all the pieces I could find and then ran carbon on the tank. Nothing was harmed. If it is a tiger tail, they are not toxic, at least that is what everyone says. I also had a tiger tail die in my 30 gal and nothing ever happened to the tank. Sandy

Mostl likely not healthy, when they starve they shrink up. Sandy

since when did they get cheap prices. I have never been there that they had cheap prices. Everything is rare and from Sri Lanka and costs an arm and a leg. Sandy

or you could purchase pods or raise pods yourself. There are lots of places on the web that tell you how to raise your own pods. I have been contemplating this with my baby mandarin. Sandy

Wow, perfect timing. I was going to ask the same question. Thanks for beating me to it. Sandy

not sure about the first one but his claws are not like those of the really bad crabs, pointy and black. The second one is most definitely a porcelain crab. He is a good guy. I would throw him back in. Sandy

Not anymore. I have not been able to find it at PetCo or PetsMart. Sandy

Oh sorry, Marine Ornamental Fish and Invertebrate Breeders. There was a very long thread on another forum of a guy who had a breeding pair of Mandanrins in a 24 gal aquapod. He trained them both onto prepared foods and they spawned on a regular basis. I can't wait until the day that we see no more starving mandarins and scooters in some stores (not all cause I've seen some fat ones recently at a store). Sandy

there are more than a very few who can teach their mandarins to eat prepared foods. On MOFIB almost all the mandarins are eating prepared foods. The way they do it is to put your mandarin in a breeding net and start by offering live brine, then mix in frozen brine, they mix in mysid and then leave out the live brine. Once you get them eating prepared foods good, then release them from the breeders net. I think soon you will see captive bred mandarins all ready eating prepared foods on the market. Sandy